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(d. 1597),
Lord Chamberlain (August 1596–March 1597), a descendant of Sir John Oldcastle, Lollard martyr, and model for Shakespeare's Falstaff. The Brooke family's Puritanical leanings lent added gall to this ...
Subjects: Shakespeare Studies and Criticism.
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